Permanent marker for cotton bales



June 18, 1935. M. 1.. BROWN ET AL 2,004,924

PERMANENT MARKER FOR COTTON BALES Filed Feb. 7, 1955 '6 I J 6 I I nventmxs .jqagzae/ ,5 roe/122 v 5? .3122 an izfirawn/ 4/ Patented June 18,1935 Q 1 2,004,924

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PERMANENT MARKER FOR COTTON BALES Milton LrBrown and Samuel Brown, Mobile, Ala.

Application February 7, 1935, Serial No. 5,478

1 Claim. (01. 40-20) This invention relates to a permanent marker metal formed by these holes form projections l for cotton bales and the like, the general object which extend from the opposite face of the band of the invention being to provide a flexible metal from which the projections extend as shown band having indicia thereon for identifying the in Figs. 3 and 4, and these projections I, also 5 bales, the band extending through the bale with act to prevent the band from being pulled from 5 its ends projecting therefrom, withthe indicia the bale. placed on said projecting ends and at the center After approximately half of the cotton has of the band so that this centrally arranged inbeen placed in the bale press, the band is placed dicia will be located inside the bale and thus the in position with its ends projecting from the bale can be identified even though a fire occurs press, and then the remainder of the cotton is 10 which would partly destroy the bale. placed in the press, and the bale completed in This invention also consists in certain other the usual manner. This will place theband in features of construction and in the combination the central part of the bale with its ends proand arrangement of several parts, to be hereinjecting from the unwrapped side portions thereafter full described, illustrated in the accompanyof and then the ends are bent downwardly against 15 ing drawing and specifically pointed out in the the bale as shown at 8 in Figs. 1 and 3, appended claim. From the foregoing, it will be seenvthatwe In describing the invention in detail, reference have provided an indestructible permanent will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein marker for a bale of cotton or the like and even like characters denote like or corresponding parts though one or both ends of the band y be 20 throughout the several views, and in which: broken off or destroy the bale Can'still be Fig. 1 is a view of a bale having the invention id ntifi d y th indicia 0n the central p of associated therewith. the band which is located within the bale and Fig. 2 is a face view of the band. the band being of steel, it will resist fire so that Fig 3 is a view showing how the band is areven though the b has been damaged y fi 25 ranged in a bale, the bale being shown in dotted identification is still possible by means of the lines. band. I

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 3. is thought from the foregoing description In this drawin th numeral indicates a that the advantages and novel features of the band formed of flexible steel and of a length invenlllon Will be readlly pp t. 30 to pass transversely through a bale of cotton or It to be understoPd that changes may e the like, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with its ends made 1n the construction and in the o projecting from the sides of t bale and from tion and arrangement of the several parts, prothose portions which are covered by the vided that such changes fall within the scope of wrapping 2 of the bale. Indicia for identifying the aPpePd-ed claim a 35 the bales is embossed at the center of the band. as We shown at 3 and at each end thereof as shown at In Wlth bale of fibrous matenal 4 so that when the band is in position in a bale an identification member therefor comprising a the central indicia will be located in the bale 53 gigg ffg g i ggg g gg 1 2 3 221%;

q I I 3:23 :23 g z ig g fi g gi gfig g i g g gg identifying indicia thereon arranged at the cen- 2 ter and the ends of the band, said indicia being indicia in the band W111 form raised portions 5 embossed in the band and an intermediate part on one face of the band and recesses on the other of the band having holes therein the metal from face and these recesses and projections of the which forms projections Said projections extend central indicia will prevent the band from being ing from that f e of the band which is opposite Pulled out of the bale as they form projections the face having the projections formed by the entering the cotton in the bale and recesses for embgssing th receiving some of the cotton. Holes 6 are punched MILTON L. BROWN.

5 in intermediate portions of the band and the SAMUEL BROWN. 

